Inshore Fishing
Night-fishing kayak trip in Hackberry produces
There was no moon, tons of mosquitoes and showers in the area when we launched our kayaks about 11 p.m. last Saturday into Kelso Bayou near Hackberry.[…]
Inshore Fishing
News Breaker
Video: Consistent redfish action out of Venice
A very green Mississippi river has sucked the redfish in along the shoreline, according to longtime Venice guide Capt. Boola Landry of Reel Tite Fishing Guide Service.[…]
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Marsh Man Masson vid: Catching redfish after a tropical storm
Tropical Storm Gordon certainly won’t be remembered for generations as a monumental deliverer of destruction, but that doesn’t mean the storm didn’t leave its mark.[…]
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Delacroix redfish getting thick inshore
Belle Chasse angler Chad Battles isn’t a fishing guide, but he’s on the water chasing redfish at least as much as any professional fisherman. As such, he can really recognize trends, and one of them he’s seeing now is increasing redfish action out of Delacroix.[…]
Ask Captain Paul
Capt. Paul’s Fishing Edge: GPS waypoints for Lafitte
I refer to the Lafitte Edge area as the location in the Southeast Louisiana marsh in St. Charles, Lafourche and Jefferson parishes between the Bayou Segnette launch in Westwego, Lakes Cataouatche and Salvador, areas in the Lake Salvador Wildlife Management Area, southwestward to Bayous Gauche and des Allemands, Lac des Allemands and Bayou Boeuf and eastward toward The Pen and Bayou Du Pont, then continuing south to the northern part of Barataria Bay.[…]
Inshore Fishing
LWFC: Changes likely in blue crab harvest regs for 2019
At their meeting Thursday in Baton Rouge, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission adopted a notice of intent to change regulations for the commercial and recreational harvest of blue crabs in 2019.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Jack attack in a yak!
When the waters way, way inside along the South Louisiana coast get to their warmest levels of the year, king-sized jack crevalle move in to feast on abundant baitfish stocks.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Grand Isle — Still hot in September
My old friend Capt. Keith “Herk” Bergeron said there’s still plenty nice trout to catch this month, but you’ll have to fish deeper for them.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Elmer’s Island to close in advance of Tropical Storm Gordon
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced that Elmer’s Island will close in advance of Tropical Storm Gordon starting at 9 a.m. Tuesday morning.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Chasing reds in Cocodrie
Redfish in South Louisiana are plentiful 12 months out the year, and there are as many ways to catch them as lures to use. As with almost any fish, though, there’s no more fun way to catch a bull red than on a topwater lure.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Biloxi Marsh: Trout in transition
Despite lingering warm temperatures, September’s trout transition is already underway, according to Capt. Casey Kieff.[…]
Features
Reds in transition
The water was a sheet of glass when Capt. Austin Plaisance wheeled his Blazer Bay out of the canal into the shallow, grass-filled pocket.[…]
Columns
The bigorneaux is escargot
There’s a vicious predator out there.
It lurks deep in Louisiana’s vast coastal marshes.[…]
Fishing Hotspots
Focusing on reds
Mother Nature unfortunately doesn’t always cooperate for fishermen, and that forces anglers to change their patterns this time of year, according to Hopedale guide Capt. Charlie Thomason.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Marsh Man Masson vid: Success with 2 offshore species in inshore waters
After crashing and burning on a couple of tripletail two weeks ago, I returned this week with my fishing buddy, Justin Bowles, and the tables were turned.[…]
Inshore Fishing
Big fish accessible every day to bank-bound anglers
When it comes to battling line-stripping fish, non-boaters face significantly higher barriers than boaters. If a boater tries a spot, and the fish aren’t biting, he can always go somewhere else. A non-boater might just have to go home.[…]